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Berlin, symphony of a great city film by Walther Ruttmann ; screenplay, Walther Ruttmann, Karl Freund from an idea by Carl Mayer ; directed by Walter Ruttmann. [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Publication details: Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c1993.Description: 1 videodisc (72 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Symphonie der Grosstadt
  • Symphony of a great city
Uniform titles:
  • Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DD860 .B47 1993
Production credits:
  • Photography, Reimar Kuntze, Robert Baberske, Laszlo Schäffer ; music composed & conducted by Timothy Brock ; performed by Olympia Chamber Orchestra.
Summary: A cross section of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to capture the pulse and tempo of this city.

DVD; Dolby digital stereo.

Introductory titles in German; no dialogue or narration; with added orchestral accompaniment.

Photography, Reimar Kuntze, Robert Baberske, Laszlo Schäffer ; music composed & conducted by Timothy Brock ; performed by Olympia Chamber Orchestra.

Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1927.

A foreign film (German).

Not rated.

A cross section of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to capture the pulse and tempo of this city.

Includes the short film Opus 1 (10 min.) made by Ruttmann in 1922.

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